The Absentee by Maria Edgeworth

The Absentee

Maria Edgeworth

315 pages first pub 1812 (editions)

fiction classics reflective slow-paced
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Lord Clonbrony and his ambitious, worldy wife lead an extravagant social life in London on the proceeds of their estates in Ireland. Their son, Lord Colambre, refusing to marry the heiress arranged for him by his mother, decides instead to investi...

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